Re: HA Issue

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Here's ACT's PDF...

     http://www.act-solutions.com/pdfs/PCCInst/scopetest2_instr.pdf

and web page...

     http://www.act-solutions.com/PCCHPWOrderInfo.htm

I got mine from Worthington but I don't think it's listed in their online
catalog and it's no longer in their print catalog. I believe ACT has
abandoned this market and bet the farm on A-10 and Z-Wave.

You can use 3 resistors and a capacitor to accomplish more or less the same
thing. See Microchip's AN236, Appendix C-3 for the values. It blocks most of
the 60Hz although you'll still see a wee bit. It has the advantage of being
a low-pass filter so you might see higher frequencies than what the
Scope-Test2 or ESM1 will pass. (IIRC, Paul Beam, who designed the ESM1, told
me it passes ~75-175kHz.) I was never able to see what was affecting the
Smarthome devices.

FWIW, an LM14A performed flawlessly in the same outlet where the 1132B and
other Smarthome modules would not. And the 2000STW and 2414S are OK in other
circuits. So I think it was akin to "no seeums".

BTW, search this group on "John Galvin 1132B" and you'll find a schematic of
the 1132B. I don't think you will be able to easily improve the tuning but
you can create your own PIC or perhaps incorporate the needed functionality
in your current PIC.

John Galvin also did a schematic of the ESM1 which you can find in the same
way.

"Brad" <bsnedek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hey Dave,
>
>   I just got done looking around for that ACT Scope-Test2 setup. I
>can't seem to find them online. Got any hints as to where I may
>purchase one from. Looks like a better tool then the little Elk tester
>I barrowed from a friend.
>
>   I like to see whats going on.
>
>   Thanks again
>     Brad
>Brad wrote:
>> Thanks Dave,
>>
>>    yup, 1132B PowerLinc. And that was my exact issue with the
>> SwitchLincs. They would just flash away, and never accept the assigned
>> House and Unit I sent them.
>>
>>    Sooo, It sounds like I need to switch to the tw523 or psc05. Thats
>> not too bad I only have 2 PowerLincs to replace. Then I can take one
>> apart and see if it can be tuned alittle better.
>>
>>    I thought about the noise issue so I barrowed an ELK signal
>> detector. Thanks to Jeff's XTB I have tons of signal but really never
>> saw much noise on the ELK. Thats why I was fustrated with this.
>>
>>    Thanks for the tip
>>     Brad
>>
>> On Oct 19, 8:30 am, nob...@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston) wrote:
>> > I think you are referring to the 1132B. I bought one when they were
>> > introduced and found that they were overly sensitive to low level and
>> > out-of-band (I think) noise. They would become deaf to the powerline. I
>> > never found any way to fix it. Someone who sells thousands of TW523s was
>> > looking at using them but experienced the same problem.
>> >
>> > All of their later models appear to have the same issue. The LEDs on the
>> > 2000STW lamp modules and 2414S interface would flicker rapidly if on the
>> > same circuit with an older MultiSync monitor. I could not see any noise on
>> > my scope through an ACT Scope-Test2 which is why I think it was reacting to
>> > something out of the normal X-10 frequency band.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Brad" <bsne...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > >Good Morning All,
>> >
>> > >   I seem to be having an issue with a couple of Smarthome PowerLincs.
>> > >My tw523's all work fine as does my XTB and CM11. Over the last couple
>> > >of weeks I seem to be getting a lot of failures on the X10 portion of
>> > >my system.
>> >
>> > >   In my garage for example, I monitor my well pump, an rf motion
>> > >detector in the driveway, and a motion detector at my back gate. Latley
>> > >I have little or no communication with these devices. The garage system
>> > >uses a custom built pic board with a PowerLinc.
>> >
>> > >   My front yard low voltage lighting is partly controlled by a
>> > >PowerLinc and a custom built pic board. It is not receiving X10 from my
>> > >system.
>> >
>> > >   My question is. These PowerLincs seem to be somewhat smart. Is there
>> > >a way to reset them other then to remove power? Is there an issue with
>> > >these units? I am using them in plain old tw523 mode. I am starting to
>> > >get fustrated with these units. I bought a couple of SwitchLincs a
>> > >while back and all they did was slam my system with a bunch of X10
>> > >traffic. Can the PowerLincs do that to?
>> >
>> > >Thanks For Your Time
>> > >      Bradhttp://www.davehouston.nethttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/roZetta/
>> > roZetta-subscr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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